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work and the dpw head the doggy head was put back up. now like most celebrities the doggie diner had to get work down and thank you to the amazing dpw surgeons i want to bring up the doggie diners best friend mayor ed lee >> tammy thank you, very much this is dear to you happy valentine's day everyone this is where i like to spend my valentine's day. we did so for many years after the falling of the our doggie diner head and the responsibility the city took place as an example for support
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for something that's part of our history. i know the historic beach society is here they appreciated what we did and john log did moot example of what we can do with the doggie diner head he's been responsible for you want to thank him over 51 thousands of funds raised to kick start this (clapping) and i hope john that we can provide the example of what they will look like it's fit and shiny and with the honor of the history no big changes >> beautiful work. >> thank you, thank you. i want to say welcome elementary school fifth graders. >> yeah. >> i know those are moments
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they can enjoy the history as well but they social themselves with a fun icon and i am so happy to be here with you and guess what their wearing giant shirts and that's because of the great work of public works they've taken the pledge to honor as kids and they take care of their neighborhood so you've taken a great pledge and you understand what the giant sweep means it's using baseball and i want to thank our supervisors they also worked not only to keep their neighborhoods clean and beautiful but to honor us with their appreciation with this history and that's part of our cities history so thank you supervisor tang and supervisor yee and our city administrator
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and public works director and staff is here. they're part of the magic as tammy said they're the sculptures because it's their little inside talent that pulled this off for me. over 10 years ago when we said look we could utilize the skill set of our city flez employees they took their time and came back and said by the way, that pole you used to have next to the restaurants we need a sturdy pole that won't fall down when the winds get tough and honor this for a very long, long time. i was out here mohammed and naomi said can we get a little facelift before valentine's day so you see the product of what
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john lay would do the same with the heads it's perfection from a historians violative i like taking over this boulevard for the right reaps and for all our doggie diner thufkz how about a clap >> thank you, everyone for helping all of us revisit our history and appreciate our neighborhoods and art and appreciate icons and all the things it means to us and while we can't take ourself back to the 1960s if they're good things why don't we will make sure we continue good things for our city. thank you very much for sharing
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this moment it's fun to be out here (clapping.) all righty thank you so much mayor ed lee. there are snacks back there and posters to memorize this wonderful day let's bring up katie tang the supervisor. >> good morning, everyone this is a my good friend john over there. >> hi. well, welcome everyone i had the great pleasure of living here i drive by the doggie diner everyday. i thank you to dpw and everyone who takes care of the doggie diner heads. we're in our office we have a coloring we put together and it
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was put together by ashley and we feature the doggie diner head it's a cool part of our district and today, i want to thank everyone for being here and celebrating many days valentine's day and wish everyone a happy day thank you very much (clapping.) i want one of those coloring books katie. i see the lines now also on that side of the street is another supervisor district 7th district they share the doggie diner head so next up supervisor yee (clapping.) thank you you know, i. so jealous that it's not on my side of the street (laughter) but i guess anyone else can visit the zoo and will get to
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see the dog head. i want to say one thing the first doggie diner that opened in san francisco came in 1949. i want to say that was the junior i was born so i'll also remember this as a symbol of it (laughter) now everybody knows how would i am. i want to really thank the kids for being here and helping to celebrate it momentous day. what do you think >> i like it a lot. >> there we go; right? you know, i want you to i can't remember seeing a head that's that beautiful good job dpw thank you very much (clapping.) you mention a fungus someone
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told that because those dogs are manny mow and jack now i know it shares a interest with supervisor yee maybe we can name it norman. next up our administrator naomi kelly (clapping.) happy valentine's day everyone. all right. u love elementary school who let the dogs out >> we did, we did. >> i just want to thank the men and women of dpw especially the theme cert and the automotive painter they are the teams that worked on the recession project and poured a lot of love does he
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sparklin sparkling? it is a great landmark this doggie diner head was the advertisement forbidding for the doggie diner recuperate a block away and now it's a city incongruous people get to enjoy this and people visiting the san francisco zoo we get to all enjoy this beautiful doggie diner head with a new fresh coat of painted we have a lot to celebrate today. thank you (clapping.) so naomi was talking about and the mayor ed lee and supervisor yee now to get some real background on the doggie diner head we'll bring up ms. scott >> hi, i'm a neighborhood
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resident and co-founder of the ocean beach historical society ordered in 1999, to help small business owners. try to get this gentleman's leaseback we didn't succeed in saving that business but it took off because of the doggie diner. this is for v nor valentine's day and v for victory both are connected to the heart why did the doggie diner become an icon first of all, because it's fun. the late howard who designed it founded the first doggie diner by the beach a block away and wanted to work with walt disney
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and it didn't happen but he create art have a high goal and continue doing wasn't you want. many bay residents love this this reminds them of the beach and the pole where the parking lot is now. new visitors to this neighborhood love it because of the way it gets us to laugh on foggy and ation i didn't days we know it as the object of the spearhead prevention that's the doggie diner design it became a symbol of love for the people of the neighborhood of something we're fighting to save it made front page news and people signed petitions we ate at the recuperate that was b.a. pa block away including then
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supervisor gavin newsom and supervisor yee made that part of his campaign people worked together to save is and have fun. still that wasn't enough so mother nature gave the battle a push and the windstorm it was in april of 2003 something had to be done is mayor ed lee got a nose job and paint job and it looks like it is restored. the moral is don't give up on something you love or find it right find people who think like you do and you'll have victory and fun (clapping.) yeah. >> thank you very much.
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and talking someone you'll notice the kick start campaign the man wholesale been taking manny mow and jack around in a truck >> 20 years. >> the conserving of the dog head john. >> thank you tammy and i really want to thank the city for doing an amazing job on the dawn dog. i'm a professional sign maker and the job the corporation did on it this dog head it is shinier then back in the 60s. i want to say when i first came to san francisco i sue the doggie diner head. i took battering over to berkley and many years it was chaez and
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this was a million years ago i was a kid and thought that place is crazy this is where i want to be right here over a restaurants they've got this giant dog head. i forgot about it and i ended up with a series of accidents and ended up to take to party and ended up with a second one and i i7b9d up with a third one when my girl found it in the in return. we've been.org doing this for years and it's expensive those things are 10 feet high the van i haul them around it eats up the gas we raised up enough
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money to restore the dog and do the best testimony job we could and once again that's a buff job and wombs having them rotating on our truck and we're going to continue to take them to parades in the city we don't charge we bring them out to events. and again seeing that dog head when it popped out at battery and new 38 years later only san francisco, california you have something like the doggie diner it is a commercial icon has become something else else entirely and i hope we're born a long time after the doggie diner
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but your grandparents and parents went them they go there after a ball game and eat a hamburger or whatever and we're going to try to keating keep it part of our interesting and completely unique history in this town. thank you very much everybody (clapping.) all right. so your final little comments are from the folks is there something you want to say to the doggie diner >> yeah. >> what are you going to say. >> happy valentine's day. >> 1, 2, 3. >> valentine's day. yeah. >> all right. the loyola school don't forget to pick up a
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condemn active poster a part of the watching. and hey entices we welcome a new week and new most that's welcome some new flavors. this friday kick a off 2014 with live music and analogy games at broadway's stereos in the union square and meet people and now and the price of admission is leaving our digital things at the demeanor.
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we will have a donation book project so support our local library. then on sunday chiblth 2014 at the embarcadero from 12 to fit we will transform the space and there's rock and hip hop dances this is san francisco official block pirate you, you know, that's going to be great for more information visit us an san franciscocoming. >> welcome to the center for youth wellness building the day is finally here. congratulations (clapping) so there's a number of people i
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don't know i'm dan the ceo of tipping point community. four years ago nadine burke harris and katie albright came to us with a vision they knew the childrening in southeast san francisco were grouping without the resources they need to be safe. violence was a campaign occurrence in the homes of those on the streets and in poverty. there were 3 pediatricians serving kids in bayview and the 3 resources were spread out and hard to access for protecting famed. so when katie and a nadine came to us with their vision and i might add they're two of our top
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leaders in our protocol they put forth a plan to team up with c mc and create a one stop center for families. when they told us about that we were excited. at the tip bent 95 folks came together and raised money in one night to launch this initiative. those names have been scrolling but lisa with whom we couldn't have done this and membrane i didn't haas. so today, i'm proud to stand at the grand opening the center of this building under one roof we have 3 things happening pediatric services and bayview
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child center providing high that he hadic care of families regardless of their ability to pay they use an early understanding of how it is draethd dedicated to the prevention of young people exposed to stress. and joint project of the san francisco child abuse prevention center in the city and county they get a multiple approach to abuse. as this organization accomplishes truly acres goals on behalf of the children i'm happy to stand on you with this vision. before we take a tour we have a short line up of speakers.
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it's a privilege and an honor to introduce the attorney general of the state of california tomly harris who's been an arrest warrant dent sport and it wouldn't have happened without you it's a true commitment of leadership we couldn't have done this without you to thank you (clapping.) i want to publicly thank dan i hope i have said that. i'm so proud to represent the state of california but my heart ♪ san francisco. and traveling around the state people really look at san francisco for leadership on many levels and part of the limp as evidenced by the work that daniel has done in leading is show with the private sector can
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play a significant my important role in the private sector that bringdz dignity to communities but bring best practices here. so daniel thank you for your leadership (clapping) and i have to mention suzy and others for your credible leadership. we have spent so many hours 40 for so many years talking about this place and see it actually has happened it's beyond the combept but a physical man fefgs it extraordinary those folks work with their hearts from passion and scarce not only do they do the work and talk about
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it but they follow through we've got this place we're opening. it truly will be a model for the country. this is at the work about recognizing those babies grouping in your community and sometimes and greg suhr knows this but those babies go to sleep sometimes hearing gunfire they've witnessed credible violence on the streets and domestic violence and what we're doing is recognizing that they should receive the kind of indentation and treatment to deal with their trauma so they can lady the productive lives so the work that's happening is recognizing like a post traumatic stress order that exists when children are eosed
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to invention and allow them to lead a productive life. this is what nadine and others have done for years victor studying post traumatic disorder whether an accident witnessing other violence or combining nadine work and doing the chin piece of addressing this and boats on the ground and creating what i think of really the model we should be talking about in terms of urban model. congratulations to everyone this is a proud moment
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>> and now the mayor of our great city mayor ed lee (clapping.) pamela thank you again for not only being here but loading this effort this is really, really heartfelt. i recognize a lot of the people in the room we've had a lot of discussions about poverty in san francisco and how to really change it and end it in cycles but it against with the recognition as our attorney general has said we have to intervene more effectively it's got to be multiple agencies. i'm glad to see familiar faces from representatives in nancy pelosi's office to our cheer and
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education leaders all part of this very i think collaborative effort it katie and other have put together. when you think about it child abuse prevention it's lead by c pmc and the youth wellness center that nadine bureaucracy has managed to come together under one roof and i know there's a suggestion that under this roof there's more room for other. in there's anything i've learned as mayor who advocates for our kids that's it that's got to be all of us and more people under this roof coming together and i think dan and laurie represents
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that group he's been about the city as a whole. i know daniel better with the event called the super bowl but sports and all the things we do is about inspiring and building stronger community. you in this crowd her are part of the credible effort that the city needs your ideas and sense of collaboration and our department heads like trent and others we can't all just react to this but get to the foundation of that. we are understanding what it means to feel the days in which kids are playing freely and get
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the best education in the world that the city can offer that they have a clear future and in order to get there they'll got to have indentation and being linked to other things that's why this roof is beginning to link abuse and a poverty to where where we need to go and allow us to be smarter and hit it at an earlier stage and do a lot more prevention it begins with the effective intervention. i take the principal of introducing an effective leader someone i've worked with on working on things like gun violence ammunition to strong
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store front you can feel the neighborhood is beginning to come back with african-american owned businesses and youth now and i know that the chief knows this and our jiefl justice leaders when kids begin to earner they're first paychecks over the summer there's an alternative to activities that will give them the highest level of pride and allowing them to feel that way. i know our supervisors has done a wonderful job her it's an honor to really be at city hall to work directly with her let me introduce that supervisor cowen